No, after many efforts to maneuver it into his mouth, he seemed to abandon it in the mud. He was over the other side of the pond, so I couldn’t go over and check. I didn’t want to risk getting eaten by an alligator.

Ah, perhaps you’re right then. I often find it surprising how much some creatures are able to consume. I find myself watching natural history documentaries thinking “Oh, I think you were being a bit ambitious there mate” only for them to immediately swallow the whole thing!